appending data from a text file into a list in python

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i am new to python and i need to read numbers from a text file and pass those in order into a list here is what i came up with :

liste = []
with open("MDATX3.014") as fa:
    lines = fa.readlines()
    for line in lines:
        words = line.split()
        for word in words:
            liste.append(word)
            print(liste)

and i had the result like this

So what is the problem?

John Forbes
– John Forbes

2018-08-23 01:48:29 +00:00
Commented Aug 23, 2018 at 1:48 — John Forbes
– John Forbes, Commented Aug 23, 2018 at 1:48

blhsing · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-23 01:54:41Z

2

You should print(liste) outside the loop if you don't want to see its intermediate values while it is being appended with new values:

liste = []
with open("MDATX3.014") as fa:
    lines = fa.readlines()
    for line in lines:
        words = line.split()
        for word in words:
            liste.append(word)
print(liste)

answered Aug 23, 2018 at 1:54

blhsing

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